Ash receiver hinge



Patented Mar. 7, 1939 PATENT OFFICE ASH RECEIVER HINGE Rudolph F. DeBoer, Grand Rapids, Mich, assignor to Applied Arts Corporation, acorporation of Michigan Application May 8, 1937, Serial No. 141,420

8 Claims.

This invention relates to ash receptacles, and more particularly tonovel construction of hinge arrangement between a holder or receptaclefor ashes which is open at its upper end, and a lid adapted to close theopen upper end of the receptacle, the lid and the receptacle beingformed so as to provide a simple, economical and practical hingeconnection between them. With my invention the lid may be applied to thereceptacle without the use of tools and the two parts effectively hingedtogether, thereby providing a closed receptacle in which the lid may belifted to an open position or moved to a closed position, and in eitherof which positions it is yieldingly held.

The invention is fully disclosed in the accompanying drawing and may beunderstood with reference thereto, taken in connection with thefollowing description.

In the drawing:

Fig. l is a perspective view looking at the receptacle from what may betermed its front, and with the lid therefor in closed position.

Fig. 2 is a similar and somewhat enlarged perspective view looking atthe repectacle from its opposite side and showing the hinge structurebetween the receptacle and lid.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the lid in open position.

Fig. 4 is a vertical section with the lid closed.

Fig. 5 is a similar vertical section at a different plane, and a Fig. 6is a vertical section on the same plane as that shown in Fig. 4 with thelid open.

Like reference characters refer to like parts in the different figuresof the drawing.

The receptacle I is formed from sheet metal having a vertical back 2, avertical front 3 spaced therefrom and integrally connected by means ofrounded ends, the bottom 4 also being of curved and rounded form asshown. The upper end of the receptacle is open and a rim 5 ismadecontinuously around the upper edges at the front and ends and partlyinto the back, said rim, however, being cut away at the major part ofthe back leaving a recess 6. At each end of the recess the metal of theback is formed into a lip 1 substantially of U-shape as shown, and openat the front side.

A plate 8 of spring material is permanently secured, as by spot welding,adjacent its lower end to the back 2 and extends upwardly and at itsupper end portion is formed with a rearwardly turned lip or flange 9which extends in practice the full width of the member 8. From the bodyof the plate 8 a snufing member i is stamped and turned substantially atright angles to the plate, being integrally connected thereto at itsrear end and thence extending to the front 3 of the receptacle andhaving. an integral lip H which passes through a slot in said front 3 ata point a short distance below the rim previously described. The springplate 8 has a limited movement at its free upper end portion away fromthe back 2 but normally its tendency is to move toward said back 2 andlie as close thereto as the connection of the lid about to be describedwill permit.

The lid I2 is stamped from a plate of sheet metal and is formed at itsforward portion and between its ends with an upwardly embossed fingerengaging member i3. At its rear end a part M of substantially the samewidth as the plate 8 is turned to extend downwardly and forwardly asshown, and at each end thereof substantially U-shaped lips I5 are formedwith open sides to the rear, the same being adapted to cooperate withthe reversely formed lips I at the upper edge of the back 2 of saidreceptacle.

The hinge is applied to the back by placing the same over the open upperend of the receptacle and with the part I underneath the flange 9 of thespring plate 8. Then by moving the lid bodily forward, the U-shaped lipsIE will pass by and engage with the lips I as shown in Fig. 4, and willbe held snugly in cooperative relation thereto by the force of thespring plate 8. The cooperating reversely positioned U-shaped lips T andi5 provide a hinge construction such that the lid may be lifted to openposition as shown in Figs. 3 and 6, or turned to closed position asshown in the remainingfigures. When lifted to open position the member[4 at its free edge moves upwardly and against the spring plate 8 untilthe flange 9 is reached, which provides a stop against further openingmovement of the lid, that is, the lid moves from the position shown inFig. 4 to that shown in Fig. 6, springing the plate 8 in a forwarddirection. When the lid reaches its uppermost position it is heldtherein by the force of the spring, the line of force of which passesabove the pivotal axis about which the lid l2 turns. On turning the lidin a downward direction for a short distance the line of force of thespring plate 8 passes below such pivotal axis and. the lid is snapped toclosed position and held yieldingly in such position until lifted byengaging underneath the projecting front end of the finger portion 113.

With this construction the assembly merely consists in manually applyingthe lid to the receptacle. When once assembled the lid is held securelyagainst disengagement. No tools are required for the assembly. Thecomplete receptacle with its attaching lid and with the snuffer at Iiirequires only three pieces of sheet metal. The snuffer I0 is adapted tobe engaged by the lighted end of a cigar or cigarette to snuff thelight, the ashes or any burning particles or the cigar or cigarettepassing downwardly through the snuifer as is evident.

This ash receiver receptacle is adapted to be detachably inserted in asuitable decorative outside casing which is ordinarily attached to thedash of an automobile or to the inner sides of the automobile body inconvenient position to be accessible to the driver or passengers who canreadily lift the lid and dispose of ashes from cigars or cigarettes orthe butts thereof in the receptacle and instantly close the lid. Thisreceptacle with the attached lid is readily removable from its enclosingcasing or emptying whenever. needed. 7

The structure described is of a very practical and economical form andhas been manufac-.

flange, said lid having a forwardly and downwardly extending portionextending from its rear edge against said spring member below saidflange, as specified.

2. In a construction of the class described, a sheet metal supporthaving, atits edge, two spaced apart U-shaped bends open at one side, alid of sheet metal having two spaced apart U- shaped'bends at one edgeopen at one side, the open side of said U-shaped bends beinginsubstantial opposition to each other whereby the free edge portions ofsaid bends may enter the recesses of opposed U-shaped bends and therebyprovide a pivotal connection between the support and lid, and springmeans mounted upon the support and extending upwardly and terminating ina rearwardly turned flange combined with a cooperating part integralwith the lid and extending forwardly and downwardly from the same edgethereof as the bends thereon and between the same into engagement withsaid spring .means,'as specified.

, 3. An ashv receiver comprising, a vertical receptacle of sheet metalopen at its upper end, a lid of sheet metal for said ash receiver,separable hinge members at the upper edge of the back of said receptacleand at the rear edge of said lid having interengagement whereby the lidmay be turned to open or closed position with respect to the open upperend of said receptacle, and spring means mounted within and on the backof said receptacle combined with cooperating means on the lid foryieldingly holding the hinge members in cooperative engagement butpermitting their separation by pressure upon said lid to move the sameforward, as specified.

4. A construction containing the elements in combination defined inclaim 3, said spring member comprising a plate of spring steel having asection struck therefrom and bent horizontally forward and passing atits front end through the front side of the receptacle.

5. An ashes holding receptacle of sheet metal open at its upper end, theupper edge of said receptacle being. cut away to provide a relativelylong horizontal recess therein, the metal at each end'of said recessbeing formed into a substantially horizontal U-shaped .bend open at itsforward side. a lid of sheet metal having a downwardly and forwardlyextending part at its rear edge of less width than the length ofsaidrecess in the receptacle, said lid at its rear edge and at each end'of said forwardly and downwardly extending part being formed withaU-shapd bend opening to the rear, whereby said U-shaped bends on theback of the receptacle and on the lid may be interengaged, and a plateof spring metal positioned vertically within the receptacle and securedadjacent its lower end to the back thereof and extending upwardlysubstantially to the upper end of said receptacle, and formed with arearwardly turned flange at its upper end which extends over saidforwardly and downwardly turned part at the rear edge of said lid, asand for the purposes specified.

, 6. A construction containing the elements in combination defined inclaim 5, said spring plate having a portion cut therefrom at three sidesand connected integrally to the plate at its upper endand. extendingforward horizontally to and passing slidably through the front side ofsaid receptacle, as specified. V v

7. In a device of the class described, a receptacle'having an open upperend, a covering lid,

therefor, readilyseparable interengaging hinge elements at the upperedge of the back of the receptacle and at the rear edge of said lid, ayielding spring member attached to the back of the receptacle inside thesame, and means on the lid against which said spring member bears tohold the hinge engaging elements in operative relation to each other,said spring member being -yieldable to permit connection of the lid andreceptacle or disconnection thereof.

8. A receptacle having an open side, a cover therefor, means forpivotally connecting said receptacle and cover, said connecting meansbeing separable by movement transverse to the axis of said pivot, springmeans acting to maintain said separable means in connecting relation,and means coacting with said spring means serving to positively limitopening of said cover.

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